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Re: Official Summer 2020 Transfer Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:21 pm
by Whiskyman
Neville Bartos wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:27 am
palerider wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 7:00 am
Watkins had no service but huffed and puffed to the end. Benrahma however looked like he gave up when his fancy flicks didn't come off and had a shocker. Bigger clubs eyeing his availability will have noticed that.
It's one game though. Anyone scouting them will have watched them a dozen times.
Indeed it is only one game and, as you say, MOST clubs would probably have a fifty page dossier on them. But I have a nagging doubt that we don't do things like most clubs. I have no idea why I think like this but I imagine our scouting network consists of Moyes, or one of his coaching team, going to watch someone a couple of times, studying videos clips and then making a decision. And it wouldn't surprise me if the decision making bit involved a heads or tails scenario. Unfair ? I hope so, but somehow the doubts persist.
Re: Official Summer 2020 Transfer Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 3:53 pm
by andyginbrasil
Re: Official Summer 2020 Transfer Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:37 pm
by BlackDiamond
That would read funnier if it said: West Ham are the only club closing in on an £18m deal for Barcelona flop Martin Braithwaite...
Re: Official Summer 2020 Transfer Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:41 pm
by Riceascaptain
Re: Official Summer 2020 Transfer Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:05 pm
by Flairon
Re: Official Summer 2020 Transfer Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:13 pm
by Neville Bartos
Whiskyman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:21 pm
Neville Bartos wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:27 am
It's one game though. Anyone scouting them will have watched them a dozen times.
Indeed it is only one game and, as you say, MOST clubs would probably have a fifty page dossier on them. But I have a nagging doubt that we don't do things like most clubs. I have no idea why I think like this but I imagine our scouting network consists of Moyes, or one of his coaching team, going to watch someone a couple of times, studying videos clips and then making a decision. And it wouldn't surprise me if the decision making bit involved a heads or tails scenario. Unfair ? I hope so, but somehow the doubts persist.
I don't think that whatever it is we do with regards to scouting is worthy of having the suffix 'network'.
One scout and advertising for volunteers just about sums us up.
That said I'd pass on Benrahma now Brentford are looking for £25m. Watkins I'd take in a heartbeat though, especially as Antonio is bound to miss at least 10 games through injury.
Re: Official Summer 2020 Transfer Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 9:51 pm
by Riceascaptain
Re: Official Summer 2020 Transfer Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:22 pm
by BlackDiamond
Ex is right - something will be happening in September
Can I be the first to state that something will also be happening in October. Like Ex I can't say what it is,but you can trust me that something will happen.
Re: Official Summer 2020 Transfer Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:45 pm
by andyginbrasil
Re: Official Summer 2020 Transfer Thread
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:21 am
by JayK
